According to Kong Chunqiu's calculations.
Given Pei You'an's temperament, if she sensed someone hunting down her descendant while he carried the Sword Talisman, she would almost certainly be unable to resist coming out to save him.
Thus, once she appeared, Kong Bai Shan and his two companions would serve as bait for her to kill.
But as long as Pei You'an dared show herself, the gray radiance hidden in Kong Bai Shan's True Spirit would activate immediately.
Then Kong Chunqiu would personally step in to deal with the situation.
That would leave Pei You'an no chance of escaping.
Yet now, Ye Li alone had killed two of the three, and even Kong Bai Shan's own physical body had been blasted apart!
That certainly went somewhat beyond his expectations.
"Run!"
Pei You'an gritted her teeth. The five-colored wheel of light inside her erupted, and she became a streak of white, rainbow-like sword light, racing away in the opposite direction from Ye Li!
Before Kong Chunqiu, she was merely a slightly stronger ant.
If she and Ye Li insisted on sticking together, they would be nothing more than a buy-one-get-one-free deal!
But when she swept her Divine Consciousness behind her.
Pei You'an was utterly dumbfounded.
That streak of golden light had not fled at all. Instead, it shot straight toward Kong Bai Shan's True Spirit!
"...?"
High in the sky, unmistakable bewilderment flashed through Kong Chunqiu's eyes as well.
Was he scared witless?
He couldn't even get the direction right when running for his life?!
But that golden light was not aiming for him.
It was aiming for Kong Bai Shan's remaining True Spirit, which was already beside itself with terror!
"...You really are ignorant."
Kong Chunqiu paused briefly, then raised his hand in mild amusement. In an instant, he placed a